Simon's Cat 'Fly Guy'

As usual, Simon hits the nail on the head with this video

My new writing jobs website

Legitimate freelance writing websites.
I've done all the legwork, you get only authentic job postings:

carrieferrini.com

New. On Facebook.

Hey all you Western Mass Crafters!

Join us!


A group on facebook, just for us in the 4.1.3.
Meet up, schmooze, swap, rent studios.

Western Mass Crafters on Facebook

What are you waiting for?

reason for absence this time

The Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation: Suiseki

I was looking around to see how hard it is to grow bonsai from seed, and found another amazing miniature Japanese obsession: Japanese suiseki.

It truly is the "Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation." Rocks are sought after that mimic larger natural landscapes, like buttes, and mountains. Teeny weeny mountains.

Browse this book online:

The Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation

By Vincent T. Covello, Yuji Yoshimura

Preview this book

Offers aesthetic guidance and practical advice for the delicate art of miniature landscape creation. More details The Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation: Suiseki and Its Use with Bonsai By Vincent T. Covello, Yuji Yoshimura Contributor Yuji Yoshimura Edition: reprint, illustrated Published by Tuttle Publishing, 1996 ISBN 0804820473, 9780804820479 166 pages

We're moving!

We've been looking for a new place for a while now. This is partly why I haven't been posting. We currently live in a 350 square foot apartment. That means that our kitchen/living room is about 15 x 10, there is a bathroom in between that and the 10 x 12 bedroom. For two people, two packrats with computer obsessions. At its worst, only one person could be upright and standing/moving at a time. Seriously. It was most recently at its worst.
So, finally, we got a sweet gorgeous apartment.
I'll be blogging more about it coming up. Since it is sooo spacious, we'll have room to actually sort through and sell off/donate stuff. Awesome stuff.

Here are some photos:

First, the view out the back of the mountain range.

The kitchen, off of the back porch,
with the bathroom through the door on the right,
and the main bedroom to the left.

The largest living room, there are two, with the main
bedroom on the left, and the kitchen on the right.

Back second bedroom:

Main living room, viewing second living room :

Main bedroom:

The wood floors are stunning, and we're within a 5 minute walk to everything.
There is also another bedroom in the front, off of the front living room.